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High Point Furniture Market Adds Outdoor Focus

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Alan Wolf

Next month’s furniture market in High Point, N.C., will be paying special attention to patios.

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In Case You Missed It: How to Access the Furniture Channel

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Alan Wolf

For the first time at a BrandSource Summit, the group presented an extensive, furniture-focused educational track exclusively for home furnishings members called Furniture Channel.

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Furniture Makers Hobbled by Supply Chain Challenges

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 Alan Wolf

At least three furniture manufacturers, including Stanley Furniture, Hancock & Moore and Wesley Hall, were forced to temporarily suspend some or all operations due to COVID-related disruptions.

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The End of the Road for Independent Furniture Stores? We Beg to Differ

April 1, 2021April 2, 2021 YSN Staff

The headline on Pam Danziger’s Forbes piece makes it sound like it’s all over for independent home furnishings stores, or that it will be over soon enough: “Independent Home Furnishings Retailers Are Losing. Only the Big and Virtual Will Survive.”

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BrandSource Harnesses the Power of Home Furnishings Dealers with Furniture Technology Source

March 24, 2021March 29, 2021 Alan Wolf

Furniture dealers have an exclusive new source for news, business tools and peer support at BrandSource — Furniture Technology Source (FTS).

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Leather Italia’s Mike Campbell Gives Independents a Leg Up on Inventory

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 Andy Kriege

Mike Campbell, president/CEO of Leather Italia USA, sat down with AVB’s director of home furnishings merchandising Seth Weisblatt to help kick off the Furniture Channel education track at this week’s Summit 21.

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Summit Tunes in to Home Furnishings with the ‘Furniture Channel’

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Alan Wolf

With more and more furniture dealers migrating to BrandSource, the group has increased its home furnishings content accordingly for this month’s Summit 21.

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Best of Times, Worst of Times for Furniture Industry

March 21, 2021March 21, 2021 Alan Wolf

In a YouTube address that prefaced the recent International Home Furnishing Representatives Association (HFRA) board meeting, executive director and AVB contributor Ray Allegrezza compared the state of the furniture business to the famed opening lines of Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities, due to the positive and adverse forces it faces.

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Ashley Expands Production with New Pennsylvania Plant

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Alan Wolf

Manufacturing powerhouse Ashley Furniture Industries has fired up a brand-new factory in Pottsville, Pa. The 100,000-square-foot facility began production late last month, bringing the company’s U.S. factory count to 12.

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BrandSource Summit Sharpens Focus on Furniture Biz

March 11, 2021March 12, 2021 Alan Wolf

As more and more furniture dealers migrate to BrandSource, the group has increased its home furnishings content accordingly for this month’s Summit 21.

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Sealy Updates Mattress Line with Largest-Ever Launch

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Alan Wolf

Tempur Sealy has begun to roll out what it describes as the largest product launch in the company’s 140-year history.

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Foam Shortages, Price Hikes Rock Furniture and Bedding Biz

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan Wolf

Just when the home furnishings supply chain was finding its footing, Mother Nature interceded once again.

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Mattress Sales Soar in January: Report

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 Alan Wolf

Retail sales of home products exploded in January, and mattresses were no exception.

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January Sales Explode for Furniture, Appliance and Tech Retailers

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Alan Wolf

Roused by another round of stimulus checks and flickers of light at the end of the COVID tunnel, consumers loosened their wallets last month and gave dealers a January to remember.

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For Tempur Sealy, It Was a Very Good Year

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Alan Wolf

Despite the trials, tribulations and component shortages of 2020, Tempur Sealy International reported record financial performance for the year and thanked its retail partners for much of its success.

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Will the Biden Administration be Good for the Furniture Business?

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Alan Wolf

That is the million-dollar — or in the case of the home furnishings industry — the $115 billion question.

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HFA Cites Six-Month Furniture Delays: Report

February 2, 2021February 3, 2021 Alan Wolf

A gummed-up supply chain compounded by unprecedented consumer demand is pushing back furniture orders as much as six months, according to the Home Furnishings Association (HFA), a BrandSource partner.

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Serta Introduces iComfort Limited Edition Mattress

January 28, 2021February 1, 2021 YSN Staff

Serta’s new entry-level iComfort foam mattress can retail for an unprecedented $999 queen and still deliver 60 points of margin.

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Furniture Dealers Face Second Round of Price Hikes: Report

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Alan Wolf

Furniture manufacturers are passing along a second round of price hikes after imposing average cost increases of 4 percent last fall.

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STORIS Forecasts Furniture Trends for 2021

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Alan Wolf

Retail software provider STORIS has compiled a comprehensive look ahead at the furniture industry in 2021.

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YourSource News is the news and information platform of BrandSource, the leading merchandising organization for independent appliance, home furnishings and consumer tech dealers. Its parent company, AVB, is a $20 billion member-driven co-op that provides merchandising, financing and digital marketing services to nearly 5,000 independent dealers in the U.S. and Canada. BrandSource’s affiliates include ProSource (consumer tech and custom integration); TRIB Group (rent-to-own); Mega Group (Canada); and HFA Buying Source, serving home furnishings dealers nationwide.

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